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Description: | The local woollen cloth industry is well represented in this collection which includes a rare early spinning jenny used in Trowbridge; a carding machine; a spinning mule; a Dobcross power loom; a fulling machine and teasel gig; a shearing frame; and a pair of large shears. There is also a hand loom from a weaver's cottage.
There is a significant collection of textile machinery, tools, woollen cloth samples and other material relating to the local woollen cloth industry. The woollen trade in the west country reached its peak between 1845 and 1875, when Trowbridge was known as 'the Manchester of the West'. In the 1850s, 12 mills operated in the town. | Subjects: | Industry & commerce Textile manufacture Science & Industry | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | The Shires Shopping Centre
Court Street
Trowbridge Wiltshire United Kingdom,
BA14 8AT | FAX: | 01225 754 608 | Telephone: | 01225 751 339 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:2573 | Go to resource |
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